Prosecutors seek 30 years’ jail for ousted S. Korea president
by Park Chan-kyong © Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a 30-year-jail sentence for former…
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Asia
China drowns out critics of lifetime Xi presidency
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China's propaganda machine kicked into overdrive on Tuesday to defend the Communist Party's move to lift…
7 years ago
Saudi king sacks chief of staff in major military shake-up
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi King Salman has sacked the military chief of staff and a host of other…
7 years ago
Russia calls daily truce in battered Syria enclave
by Hasan Mohamed Agence France Presse DOUMA, Syria (AFP) -- Russia called a daily "humanitarian pause" in Syria's Eastern Ghouta,…
7 years ago
US should lower ‘threshold for talks’ with N. Korea: Seoul
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in urged the United States to "lower the threshold for…
7 years ago
China’s Xi takes another stride in Mao’s footsteps
by Dan Martin Agence France Presse SHANGHAI, China (AFP) -- Xi Jinping's tightening grip on China had already earned the…
7 years ago
Xi poised to extend power as China set to lift term limits
by Patrick Baert Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Xi Jinping, China's most powerful leader for decades, could stay…
7 years ago
North Korean general and Ivanka Trump attend Olympic close
by Jung Hawon Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- A controversial North Korean general and the daughter of…
7 years ago
Hundreds of children among victims of ongoing Syrian enclave bombing
https://youtu.be/q-AXOZ-et-4 Hundreds of children were among the injured and dead in the ongoing air strikes on the rebel…
7 years ago
US seeks UN ban on 33 ships, 27 firms over North Korea smuggling
by Carole Landry Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- The United States is seeking to have the…
7 years ago
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